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How to Solve a Diophantine Equation

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We introduce Diophantine equations and show evidence that it can be hard to solve them. Then we demonstrate how one can solve a specific equation related to numbers occurring several times in Pascal’s Triangle with state-of-the-art methods.

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  1. Mathematisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany

    Michael Stoll

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  1. Research I, Jacobs University, Campus Ring 1, Bremen, 28759, Germany

    Dierk Schleicher

  2. Immenkorv 13, Bordesholm, 24582, Germany

    Malte Lackmann

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Stoll, M. (2011). How to Solve a Diophantine Equation. In: Schleicher, D., Lackmann, M. (eds) An Invitation to Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19533-4_2

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